With 26 contributors (just one fewer than last year), this year's Best Books list is more compact than last year, coming in at 157 titles as opposed to 200+. This year's list had a few clear stand out books, each appearing on 6 or more lists: Illuminance, by Rinko Kawauchi, Redheaded Peckerwood, by Christian Patterson, A, by Gregory Halpern, and A Criminal Investigation, by Watabe Yukichi.

There are a lot of really great books in here, and over the next few weeks on the blog, we'll be looking a bit deeper into this year's list with reviews and write ups of selected books. If there's a book that you'd like to see more information on, let us know and we'll do our best to expand on it.

We hope you enjoy this yearly feature and let us know what you think! And if there are any great photobooks that slipped through the cracks leave us a message -- we'd love to see your lists in the comments!